Eva Green, who brought Vesper Lynd to life in Casino Royale, failed her first screen test as the character responsible for melting 007’s heart. Based on the classic Ian Fleming novel of the same name, 2006’s Casino Royale served as Daniel Craig’s inaugural outing as the British MI6 agent James Bond. Showered with positive reviews upon its opening, the film boldly reinvented the long-running franchise with a much more grounded approach that would go on to inform each of Craig’s subsequent outings.
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